Durán on being banned on X.

“From agency chiefs like Marty Makary & Jay Bhattacharya to higher-ups like RFK Jr & Russell Vought, to low-level insiders like Matthew Memoli & Jon Lorsch at NIH, whose familiarity with the workings of their agency helped to bring it down from within, all of these men need to be held accountable”👏

This image is a poster titled "What is a public library?" followed by translations in several languages. It illustrates various activities and uses of a public library, such as reading, using reference materials, and attending events. The phrase "Who is it for?" is accompanied by translations and a drawing of a diverse group of people highlighted with text saying, "for everyone," in multiple languages.

We're kicking off #NationalLibraryWeek with a special selection from the archives! This offset lithograph poster illustrates a few of the many resources and programs that a public library offers its community. It emphasizes that these resources are free and for everyone in multiple languages.

1/3 Pollutants don't stay in the water. In San Diego, we showed they become a previously unrecognized source of air pollution. Once inhaled, toxic chemicals and airborne pathogens have been linked to cancer, heart attacks, and dementia. As water pollution rises globally, this is everyone's problem.

At our event at the library today, I passed out information about the fact that the Mayor's preliminary budget cuts our public library budget. Only 2 people were aware of this. Everyone was appalled. We need to increase public education about this fact. Folks promised to contact their council member

A Classroom Conversation with Kadir Nelson NCTE invites educators, their students, and preservice teachers to a conversation with artist and children's book illustrator Kadir Nelson.

Happening Thursday: A special online event for you, your students, and preservice educators!

Join our classroom-centered conversation and Q&A with award-winning illustrator Kadir Nelson, where he will read from his new book Basket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game: https://bit.ly/3PIZdGj

The book they read is “Alone and Together" written by Émilie Chazerand. It was just released last month. Get ready for a bump in sales :)

Stop international influence on US elections!!!

Rich people in dozens of Park Ave co-ops are looking out their windows at this rally right now and considering a life without any doormen or people taking out the trash next week. This is power

Please help us spread the word.

Banner parent company to buy Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, staving off its closure The Venetoulis Institute will acquire the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, converting it to a nonprofit to prevent the historic paper’s closure.

The Baltimore Banner’s parent organization will buy the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a deal that will keep one of the country’s oldest newspapers open

I look only to independent journalists these days, anyway. I want talented journalists to be well-employed (local journalists, too) but msm is so corrupted.

Cancel the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Trump will be guest of honor at the “nerd prom,” with journalists serving as suck-ups

Yup! Cancel the White House Correspondents’ Dinner open.substack.com/pub/stopthep...

Darn: 'Money from The Anschutz Corporation's treasury, which includes ..profits from Coachella, is funneled directly to right-wing organizations that support key politicians funding ICE, undermining LGBTQ rights, and restricting abortion.'

The Washington Post’s Optimistic Read on Aid Cuts Doesn’t Hold Up A recent Washington Post editorial reports some good news about sub-Saharan Africa: the regional economy grew by an estimated 4.1 percent in 2025. The editorial argues that this demonstrates that whil...

You can safely ignore @washingtonpost.com and subscribe to @cgdev.org's excellent analysis instead.

www.cgdev.org/blog/washing...

Video: ‘Instructions on Not Giving Up’ On a recent episode of the “Book Review” podcast, the former poet laureate Ada Limón made the case for why poetry matters and read two poems, including this one called “Instructions on Not Giving Up.”

#PoetryMonth Ada Limon on spring green

Kick off meeting of UNION NOW with Bernie, Sara Nelson and Mayor Mamdani!

Have you heard? It's the kick-off event for #UNIONNOW

Kick off meeting of UNION NOW with Bernie, Sara Nelson and Mayor Mamdani!

Have you heard? It's the kick-off event for #UNIONNOW

DMV people!

no shame, no shame

Yes!

the regime in the US is so deeply broken in so many ways; we do need to talk about the meaning of evil

Exclusive: Maryland’s biggest newspaper is going after the governor’s 2028 campaign The owner of Maryland’s biggest paper and TV stations is keeping close tabs on his outlet’s investigation of Gov. Wes Moore.

This is Sinclair oppo research masquerading as investigative journalism. Like coverage we've seen for years on Sinclair TV, the Baltimore Sun is now being used for right wing political attacks. Hopefully the people of Maryland (& beyond) won't fall for it.

www.semafor.com/article/04/0...

For #poetrymonth
on burning a book, made vivid

"Even then
some charred erratum
or index

floats off through the trees,
some ashen verse
or black-edged stanza

can still be riddled
from layers of sludge
after rain."
from Simon Armitage, 'Bordered Sallow' from the collection New Cemetery

Resonating: "He's come out of the man, and he's let the man go."

Bluets, Black Balsam Trail Like a man on a bike hit by a car. His spine, singing.

FOR APRIL
"Like time after the painting
expanding, believed-in —
back of the brain, now.
Outpaced by love
like intelligence.
Dark seam. Nothing
of you now."

I know it's not as easy for everyone to boycott Amazon, but in our house we find it very satisfying and worth the effort.
#boycottAmazon

Rooftop solar reaches 20% of Puerto Rico’s generation mix Rooftop solar capacity in Puerto Rico reached around 1.5 GW in 2025, passing natural gas and becoming the territory’s second-largest generation source, according to the Energy Information Administrati...

Rooftop solar has come out of nowhere and is now 20% of Puerto Rico's energy generation mix -- more than natural gas.

Congrats to all of the news networks who agrees once again to put this mad man on prime time television to tell repeated lies. Good grief.

Both of Marco Rubio’s parents were born in Cuba. Marco Rubio was born in Miami in 1971, before they became US citizens. He is a US citizen because he was born in the US under birthright citizenship. #Hypocrites